When it came time to pick its next CEO, MassBio’s board conducted a nationwide search that seems destined to end with hiring yet another white guy from the Legislature. bos.gl/JReuC4A
Under previous president and chief executive @BobCoughlin, the powerful trade group got out front on the need for more women and people of color in the life sciences industry.
MassBio commissioned a landmark study on gender diversity, hired its first diversity and inclusion director, and led a boycott of the “manel,” aka the all-male panel. bos.gl/E4xqD8a
You might’ve seen “Inside” on Netflix, or the movie “Eighth Grade.” But do you really know @boburnham?
The Massachusetts native has proven himself as one to know, racking up six recent Emmy nominations. Here's a primer on the internet superstar. bos.gl/Y26jMNI
Burnham started as just a kid in his room, uploading videos to YouTube.
The videos managed to go viral before the phrase “going viral” ever did. In 2008, at 18, he became the youngest person to record a Comedy Central special.
Burnham’s early work was a reflection of the Internet’s humor at the time.
He was self-deprecating and pun-heavy. When it came to social commentary, he often relied on shock value to prompt introspection, in ways that wouldn’t get a pass today. bos.gl/Y26jMNI
Counselors punched by campers. Staff hired only days before camp started. Hoards of sick kids. Untenable delays of food and supplies.
Welcome to Camp Quinebarge — the “Fyre Fest” of overnight camps. bos.gl/Thd2NXn
The New Hampshire camp abruptly shut down in July after just six days. Parents, who had paid $3,400 for two weeks, were told to pick up their children the next morning.
The closure left campers bereft, counselors stewing, and parents furious. bos.gl/Thd2NXn
Tales from the aggrieved make Quinebarge sound like the summer camp equivalent of the Fyre Festival.
“We have been in tears, bored, and devastated the whole day. [The camp director] is lying to you all,” a camper wrote in a letter to his parents. bos.gl/Thd2NXn
“How does a person live with the knowledge that the end is coming? How would I tell family and friends? Would I be depressed? Is there an afterlife? How do you get ready for death, anyhow?”
Jack Thomas recently learned he doesn't have much time left. bos.gl/5xRfSZF
Jack Thomas has been a journalist for more than 60 years.
So after doctors delivered the news that he has a terminal illness, he sat down to do what came naturally, if painfully: Write this story.
Years ago, Jack wrote an essay about looming death as an assignment.
"Throughout the semester, thinking that I soon would die, classmates judged my writing with mercy. I never had the courage to tell them I was healthful.
Now, however, destiny is about to get even with me."
A Natick couple subjected to a bizarre harassment and stalking campaign by eBay employees sued the e-commerce giant in federal court on Wednesday, alleging they had been emotionally and psychologically tortured. bos.gl/lX99cOw
Ina and David Steiner drew the ire of top eBay executives, including former CEO Devin Wenig, for publishing an online newsletter called EcommerceBytes that reported on the company and its industry.
After Wenig repeatedly complained to subordinates about the couple’s newsletter, eBay employees threatened the couple online and sent them items including live insects, a bloody pig mask, and a funeral wreath, according to previous criminal charges. bos.gl/VXClfjK
We spoke to a number of local infectious disease experts about the cluster of COVID-19 cases in Provincetown, where officials said “a vast majority” of the new cases are among vaccinated people. Here’s what they had to say: bostonglobe.com/2021/07/20/nat…
Many said they suspected the highly transmissible Delta variant was to blame. “The first thing I thought about it was: ‘That’s Delta for you,’” said @BillHanage, an associate professor of epidemiology at @HarvardChanSPH. bostonglobe.com/2021/07/20/nat…
In response to the cluster, the town issued an advisory on Monday that asks people to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, when they can’t social distance. bostonglobe.com/2021/07/19/nat…